Actually, you probably can't. Assuming a 0.1" deformation of the bottom of your foot, you'd have to jump from 150" or 12.5 feet. If you landed without any other shock absorption (flex of your skeleton), you're almost certain to break somthing (you're ankles, most likely).
As a comparison, a typical dinner plate will survive about 100g, and most CRT computer monitors find their limit at about 75g. Highly sensitive inertial guidance system components are in the "extremely sensitive" range down around 15g.
If Sega had come up with the bux, they'd be the ones with the exclusive rights. Exclusive rights does not equate to a monopoly. EA management may be filled with dirty rat-bastards, but they're doing what they can to maximize their potential. It's actually the NFL that sold its fans up the river.
If you're worried about monopolies, write a letter to your cengressmen about the re-consolidation in the telecommunications industry and encourage them to require the separation of plant and service businesses. Imagine what would happen if telecom services were as competitve as long distance (I remember when $.25/min was the best rate around...in 1980 dollars)
Well, just to print it (at 300dpi) is going to yield an 85x130" "photo". I suppose if we let it slip to a wider ratio, that's 60"x185". There are 60" printers (okay, plotters) out there, but Epson doesn't exactly give them away free-after-rebate when you buy a digital camera. Yet.
(I don't even want to guess how much ink that would take, but at OEM ink prices you could probably buy a small used car for the same money)
...rent CDs and buy blank MD discs to record them on (now THAT would never go over in the US).
It would work in a heartbeat, if it weren't a violation of copyright laws, written by and for the recording industry. Ever wonder why you can't rent a CD here in the States?
I think I should make a journal entry on this. I'm not as worried about the intellegence, as the amazing propensity for people not to use it in everyday life. I know lots of smart people who just don't bother to sit down and think about stuff, or do simple research on what they read/hear. The amazing number of urban legends I get in email from otherwise intellegent friends and relatives is staggering proof.
Transmission over CAT5 doesn't necessarily imply TCP/IP-ready streaming. I suspect this is dedicated cabling running either to dedicated remotes or VGA/composite over CAT5 with baluns at the client end.
It could be used in a multi-user houshold, but there are pretty limited cases where you would be violating typical copyright licenses. You can watch different DVDs in every room legally, you can watch the same DVD on multiple TVs simultaneously legally. The only case I can think of is playing the same title asyncronously in multiple locations.
$27k is way above my threshold for a DVD server, so I'm not familiar with the hardware. I've got $1000 in the box I want to use as one...but it's just a pipe dream until I can come up with 2TB of space for my collection (Actually, I can probably rip most of my 200+/- titles to 1.3 or 1.4TB if I reauthor to the main feature alone)
First, how could I possibly have time to read TFA and still get a decent spot in the posting (I was going for two first posts in two days, but wanting to make a point took too long, apparently)
Anyway, I did scan the article, and yes, they're going after Kaleidescope. While I suppose this could be like trademark protection (defend to the death or lose it), it seems pretty silly.
To assume that these are being used for piracy is a bit paranoid. You're talking about paying $27k for the ability to "pirate" $6k in software. There's no significant financial incentive to use this device for copyright infringement purposes.
DVDCCA may feel they have a claim, but I think they win it's going to be a pretty hollow victory.
Okay, so instead of going after those evil soccer-mom pirate types, the target is going to be folks who can pay more for a server than the software itself? $27k/(3.3TB/9G) = $74 per title. That a lot of jack compared to a 300 disc Sony changer at $299.
Note: I'm using 9G average, figuring on the odd 2 disc set balancing out the typical 7G on a disc.
Except Nascar could be onsidered capitalized, as it is the commonization of an acronym which could reasonably considered a proper noun. "nascar" would be a generic term, where as Nascar refers to the organization which operates a specific car racing organization. Nasa falls into the same space (though it bugs me more).
Well, they knew about the domain registration in 2000 (or should have though due diligence). To make a product line dependent on a name for which you do not own the common namespace is foolish.
In your scenereo, the rail company was foolish to plan to put a train station on land they knew was owned by someone else. It happens all the time in physical space - the land next to a proposed (or existing) shopping center in anticipation that the land will become valuable. There's no right of the center owner to purchase the land from the new owner at bum-fuck-nowhere-farmland rates. (OTOH, the government is more than happy to condemn the land if yhey think they can make a buck off of new taxes. The SCOTUS will rule on a case in the upcoming term which may put eminent domain powers back to a resonable level)
That's the slippery slope of Trade Secrets. They have to be kept secret, and hence the whole reason for intellectual property protections. You're not required to register your IP (and keep it a trade secret), but you run the risk that a leak will make your IP a commodity.
Guess I'm just behind the times. The HP28 was the pinacle of caclulating science when I was in school.
Still, if you're doing calculus (or diffEq or *shudder* PDEs) I still say you're probably not going to do well if you have to rely on a calculator, short of programming in mathcad or mathematica on a laptop.
What good is a calculator once you get to Calculus? If you're taking derivitives, or integrating, in class, you'd better be doing it symbolically and showing your work.
I suppose if you're evaluating a definite integral, and need to find the arctan(.4), or need to get 1.783^4, you could use one. But most professors I had in highschool and as an undergrad didn't really give a rat's ass if you got the number correct - getting the symbolics correct down to where you plugged in the values got you 90% or better in scoring. I even had a test where the professor explicitly told us not to calulate the answer - just write the symbolic form with the values in the correct places. This was to take the arithemetic out of it...we already knew that, and he didn't want to go fishing though the work if we made a simple arithmetic or data entry mistake on the timed test. It also meant he could add more problems, since we wouldn't waste time punching buttons.
I hate to say it, but $2M a year is a small fraction of the revenue the football team will generate if he brings the Gators back into the top ten on a regular basis.
If you don't think a football program (with a good coach) can really make a financial difference in a campus overall, just take a look at Virginia Tech over the last 15 years. The explosion of facilities, marketing, enrollment, profile, and - dare I say it - even research dollars has been backed or boosted by Football revenue.
The last admonition is the most important. Parents should be the backbone of their kids education. Shipping them off to school like it's daycare for thirteen years is not going to produce bumper crops of bright kids. It takes a lot of effort to keep kids interested in learning. The problem is that there are precious few role models. Children who have parents who devalue education will not only devlue it themselves, but will decrease the overall value in their peer groups.
There are bad teachers, but there are a hell of a lot of decent ones. You're never going to get a bunch of shining-star teachers. Just as in any industry, there will be a distribution. Imagine writing code for a living. Sure there are those out there who can do it in their head, or maybe scratch it out on paper in machine code, but most of them are going to need a desk, a computer, and some technical references. It's no different than sending kids off to school with poor social skills, an apathy for learning, and no reinforcement or tutoring at home. Most teachers aren't going to be able to work miracles.
As for the kids being a bunch of bastards (figuratively, for the most part), I'm going to claim that most of that starts at home, too.
As for the schools needing an overhaul...I'm sure that some of them do. But most of them just need the parents to become involved. I'm sure I can't find the paper on line, but there is research supporting the theory that parent interaction with local schools is far more important than the number of dollars per student spent. There will always be outliers, but the bulk of reform happens best locally, and each locality faces different problems. Just copying a miracle program in Iowa isn't going to guarantee an identical program's success in Maryland. That's why the US-wide programs rarely do much good, and throwing money at a bad school system won't bring it out of the gutter.
But the folks who choose who plays for the national championship still can't count higher than two. (Though, in their defense, they seem to grasp numbers in the billions, as long as there's a dollar sign in front of the first number)
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That's crazy talk!
Actually, you probably can't. Assuming a 0.1" deformation of the bottom of your foot, you'd have to jump from 150" or 12.5 feet. If you landed without any other shock absorption (flex of your skeleton), you're almost certain to break somthing (you're ankles, most likely).
As a comparison, a typical dinner plate will survive about 100g, and most CRT computer monitors find their limit at about 75g. Highly sensitive inertial guidance system components are in the "extremely sensitive" range down around 15g.
If Sega had come up with the bux, they'd be the ones with the exclusive rights. Exclusive rights does not equate to a monopoly. EA management may be filled with dirty rat-bastards, but they're doing what they can to maximize their potential. It's actually the NFL that sold its fans up the river.
If you're worried about monopolies, write a letter to your cengressmen about the re-consolidation in the telecommunications industry and encourage them to require the separation of plant and service businesses. Imagine what would happen if telecom services were as competitve as long distance (I remember when $.25/min was the best rate around...in 1980 dollars)
Well, just to print it (at 300dpi) is going to yield an 85x130" "photo". I suppose if we let it slip to a wider ratio, that's 60"x185". There are 60" printers (okay, plotters) out there, but Epson doesn't exactly give them away free-after-rebate when you buy a digital camera. Yet.
(I don't even want to guess how much ink that would take, but at OEM ink prices you could probably buy a small used car for the same money)
It would work in a heartbeat, if it weren't a violation of copyright laws, written by and for the recording industry. Ever wonder why you can't rent a CD here in the States?
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#109
Sure, that will work...for a while. Then one spammer gets your real email and it's good night permanent box. Trust me, I've tried it.
Yeah, but right now they're $27,000 and the DVDCCA wants to make sure that this never makes it to market:
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/08/2
Yeah, I just sold my place, and the 119" screen went with it. Nothing looks quite as bad as DirecTV on a screen that big.
Really weel done DVD transfers look very good. I never got the chance to se HD on it. Having seen some DLP/LCOS RP sets, I'm sorry I didn't.
Should Sony really get their black screens to market for a reasonable sum ($500...I mean $2000...) the demand for higher quality content will follow.
I like having a good ball-warmer on those cold winter nights. It's just not usually my computer.
I think I should make a journal entry on this. I'm not as worried about the intellegence, as the amazing propensity for people not to use it in everyday life. I know lots of smart people who just don't bother to sit down and think about stuff, or do simple research on what they read/hear. The amazing number of urban legends I get in email from otherwise intellegent friends and relatives is staggering proof.
Transmission over CAT5 doesn't necessarily imply TCP/IP-ready streaming. I suspect this is dedicated cabling running either to dedicated remotes or VGA/composite over CAT5 with baluns at the client end.
It could be used in a multi-user houshold, but there are pretty limited cases where you would be violating typical copyright licenses. You can watch different DVDs in every room legally, you can watch the same DVD on multiple TVs simultaneously legally. The only case I can think of is playing the same title asyncronously in multiple locations.
$27k is way above my threshold for a DVD server, so I'm not familiar with the hardware. I've got $1000 in the box I want to use as one...but it's just a pipe dream until I can come up with 2TB of space for my collection (Actually, I can probably rip most of my 200+/- titles to 1.3 or 1.4TB if I reauthor to the main feature alone)
First, how could I possibly have time to read TFA and still get a decent spot in the posting (I was going for two first posts in two days, but wanting to make a point took too long, apparently)
Anyway, I did scan the article, and yes, they're going after Kaleidescope. While I suppose this could be like trademark protection (defend to the death or lose it), it seems pretty silly.
To assume that these are being used for piracy is a bit paranoid. You're talking about paying $27k for the ability to "pirate" $6k in software. There's no significant financial incentive to use this device for copyright infringement purposes.
DVDCCA may feel they have a claim, but I think they win it's going to be a pretty hollow victory.
Okay, so instead of going after those evil soccer-mom pirate types, the target is going to be folks who can pay more for a server than the software itself? $27k/(3.3TB/9G) = $74 per title. That a lot of jack compared to a 300 disc Sony changer at $299.
Note: I'm using 9G average, figuring on the odd 2 disc set balancing out the typical 7G on a disc.
Except Nascar could be onsidered capitalized, as it is the commonization of an acronym which could reasonably considered a proper noun. "nascar" would be a generic term, where as Nascar refers to the organization which operates a specific car racing organization. Nasa falls into the same space (though it bugs me more).
Well, they knew about the domain registration in 2000 (or should have though due diligence). To make a product line dependent on a name for which you do not own the common namespace is foolish.
In your scenereo, the rail company was foolish to plan to put a train station on land they knew was owned by someone else. It happens all the time in physical space - the land next to a proposed (or existing) shopping center in anticipation that the land will become valuable. There's no right of the center owner to purchase the land from the new owner at bum-fuck-nowhere-farmland rates. (OTOH, the government is more than happy to condemn the land if yhey think they can make a buck off of new taxes. The SCOTUS will rule on a case in the upcoming term which may put eminent domain powers back to a resonable level)
That's the slippery slope of Trade Secrets. They have to be kept secret, and hence the whole reason for intellectual property protections. You're not required to register your IP (and keep it a trade secret), but you run the risk that a leak will make your IP a commodity.
Apple gambled and lost.
Guess I'm just behind the times. The HP28 was the pinacle of caclulating science when I was in school.
Still, if you're doing calculus (or diffEq or *shudder* PDEs) I still say you're probably not going to do well if you have to rely on a calculator, short of programming in mathcad or mathematica on a laptop.
What good is a calculator once you get to Calculus? If you're taking derivitives, or integrating, in class, you'd better be doing it symbolically and showing your work.
I suppose if you're evaluating a definite integral, and need to find the arctan(.4), or need to get 1.783^4, you could use one. But most professors I had in highschool and as an undergrad didn't really give a rat's ass if you got the number correct - getting the symbolics correct down to where you plugged in the values got you 90% or better in scoring. I even had a test where the professor explicitly told us not to calulate the answer - just write the symbolic form with the values in the correct places. This was to take the arithemetic out of it...we already knew that, and he didn't want to go fishing though the work if we made a simple arithmetic or data entry mistake on the timed test. It also meant he could add more problems, since we wouldn't waste time punching buttons.
You can teach calculus with a desk and a book, but it's much more interesting with real rocket sleds, working mechanisms, and a well stocked E&M lab.
Maybe we should try making math more interesting, rather than making phys ed less so.
(Your point, being that one extravagance being favored over another for, essentially, entertainment purposes notwithstanding)
I hate to say it, but $2M a year is a small fraction of the revenue the football team will generate if he brings the Gators back into the top ten on a regular basis.
If you don't think a football program (with a good coach) can really make a financial difference in a campus overall, just take a look at Virginia Tech over the last 15 years. The explosion of facilities, marketing, enrollment, profile, and - dare I say it - even research dollars has been backed or boosted by Football revenue.
The last admonition is the most important. Parents should be the backbone of their kids education. Shipping them off to school like it's daycare for thirteen years is not going to produce bumper crops of bright kids. It takes a lot of effort to keep kids interested in learning. The problem is that there are precious few role models. Children who have parents who devalue education will not only devlue it themselves, but will decrease the overall value in their peer groups.
There are bad teachers, but there are a hell of a lot of decent ones. You're never going to get a bunch of shining-star teachers. Just as in any industry, there will be a distribution. Imagine writing code for a living. Sure there are those out there who can do it in their head, or maybe scratch it out on paper in machine code, but most of them are going to need a desk, a computer, and some technical references. It's no different than sending kids off to school with poor social skills, an apathy for learning, and no reinforcement or tutoring at home. Most teachers aren't going to be able to work miracles.
As for the kids being a bunch of bastards (figuratively, for the most part), I'm going to claim that most of that starts at home, too.
As for the schools needing an overhaul...I'm sure that some of them do. But most of them just need the parents to become involved. I'm sure I can't find the paper on line, but there is research supporting the theory that parent interaction with local schools is far more important than the number of dollars per student spent. There will always be outliers, but the bulk of reform happens best locally, and each locality faces different problems. Just copying a miracle program in Iowa isn't going to guarantee an identical program's success in Maryland. That's why the US-wide programs rarely do much good, and throwing money at a bad school system won't bring it out of the gutter.
But the folks who choose who plays for the national championship still can't count higher than two. (Though, in their defense, they seem to grasp numbers in the billions, as long as there's a dollar sign in front of the first number)
Chalk the "even" up to trying to type too freakin' fast. It's the same suggestion I get all the time, "slow down and take longer strokes." ;-)
The Chinese apparently want a site with "no worries"
(Yes, I know, it's spelled wrong. I don't care)
For $100 you can send it back and they'll replace the battery.
PS I'm going to want a glass of milk with it (sorry, I've got a 2 year old...it's the first thing that sprang to mind)